Man given intervention status for May SWAT standoff

10:33 AM,
Oct. 4, 2013

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A man who kept Heath police and Licking County SWAT in a more than three hour standoff in May will be on intervention in lieu of conviction status after reaching a deal with prosecutors.

Shawn Watson, 25, last known address 1100 Thornwood Drive, Lot 353, Heath, was given one year of intervention in lieu of conviction status by Licking County Common Pleas Court Judge David Branstool during a hearing Thursday morning.

Watson originally was charged with inducing panic, a third-degree felony, and using weapons while intoxicated, a first-degree misdemeanor, after a standoff with Heath police ...